Capabilities of a good applicant - Assess Yourself!
The AAMSA Medical Student Competencies
Pre-Professional Competencies
- Service Orientation
- Social Skills
- Cultural Competence
- Teamwork
- Oral Communication
- Ethical Responsibility to Self and Others
- Reliability and Dependability
- Resilience and Adaptability
- Capacity for Improvement
Thinking and Reasoning Competencies
- Critical Thinking
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Scientific Inquiry
- Written Communication
Science Competencies
- Living Systems
- Human Behavior
More Miscellaneous Ideas
- Put yourself in a situation to learn how to make decisions/ MMI or CASPer scenarios.
- For example: Communication skills improvement: debate class, job at Jack in the Box
- Read about other cultures, traditions, religions, countries.
- Read about medicine. Read books about doctors.
- Start a book club.
- Want to learn how to play golf? Find a friend who knows, get a group together, and learn!
- Toastmasters: these professionalism clubs are everywhere. They teach you how to gather your thoughts, present a topic with little preparation. Great skills here!
BE PURPOSEFUL - - LOG YOUR WORK - - WATCH YOUR PROGRESS!
